Comp-U-News from Comp-U-Talk

June 2016

My daughter graduates from high school in a few
days, and we're both starting to taste our freedom. Today . . . I THREW AWAY
A BOX TOP FOR EDUCATION. ~Judy Godwin

A GREAT BIG,
HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS to all of the graduates.What a
wonderful accomplishment!

In computer
news:If you are thinking about upgrading to Windows 10, now
is the time.Microsoft will continue to offer free upgrades
until July 29, after that there will be an upgrade charge.
There are advantages to Windows 10.It has a faster boot time
and Microsoft will be providing patches until 2025.Microsoft will stop “fixing” Windows 7 in January, 2020,and will stop “fixing” Windows 8 in January 2023.That
equates to as much as 5 additional years before the computer is considered
obsolete.

Upgrades are
now smoother than they were when 10 was first introduced. In part because there
is a more complete set of drivers available today than was available when it was
released last July, and most mainstream software companies have their software
patched and/or updated to work with Windows 10.The only
caveat is if you are running an older version program, you might have to pay for
a software upgrade (Quickbooks comes to mind here).There’s a
Bonus… If you install Windows 10 and discover you don’t like it, or it broke one
of your favorite programs, you have 30 days to uninstall it and revert back to
what was running previously.I do recommend a complete system
backup before you start the upgrade procedure, as there is absolutely no reason
to tempt fate.If you have tried and NOT liked 10, you will
have secured your FREE copy of Windows 10.It will remain
available if you decide to try again in the future.

If you know for
certain that you don’t want Windows 10 then cruise over to
https://www.grc.com/never10.htm, and download and run the Never10 utility.This tool will turn off the nag about upgrading to Windows 10 and if your
system has already downloaded the 6.5 gigs of install files, it will delete
those for you as well.If you change your mind and want
Windows 10, simply run the utility again and it will reverse the action and 10
will be available to you.

And in good
news:Microsoft has revised the policy for Bing Ads
concerning the promotion of third party products and services.Specifically: Bing Ads disallows the promotion of third party online
technical support services to consumers because of serious quality issues that
can impact end user safety.

And a story
about Microsoft support.Comp-U-Talk is a Microsoft Partner.We pay money every year to be a Microsoft Partner.
When we have a problem, we have to figure it out on our own.
We don’t get to call Microsoft Support about every petty problem.We don’t get to call Microsoft about big gnarly problems either.So when some non-English speaking person calls and claims to be Microsoft
or Windows and wants to “help” solve your problems, please remember:If it sounds to good to be true then it probably is up to no good.Remember, Microsoft doesn’t volunteer to help their partners who
represent thousands of installed products, why would they randomly call an
individual and offer their services?

That’s it for
this month.Stay safe this summer and if you need help with
Windows 10 please support your local community and give us a visit.

~Janet

And because it
made me laugh: I’m Super Lazy Today (truth be told, I’m super lazy everyday!).Now where did I put my cape?